The fall in the Australian unemployment rate to 4.2% in December means the labour market is now the tightest it has been since 2008. That all but confirms our forecast that the RBA will end its asset purchase programme at its February meeting. And we now think wage growth will rise to 3% by the end of the year. With inflation set to accelerate faster than the RBA has been anticipating, we have brought forward our forecast for the first rate hike from February 2023 to November this year.
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